Women prefer GPs to the Internet when trying to find out about HRT
...r risk"' '"Don't panic" over HRT research' Recent media reports are littered with headlines such as these....ce of changed health status or new research and/or media reports on their approach to information seeking regarding HRT risks. Health care professionals (GPs...Yale expert warns children may lead shorter lives than their parents because of obesity
...in television and movies; partnering of children's media giants with the food industry; schools "addicted" ...and work with celebrities and the major children's media companies like Nickelodeon and Disney to promote healthy foods. And, if needed, Brownell said a tax...Wyeth chemists honored for Prevnar first combined pneumococcal vaccine for infants
...ngitis, bacteremia, pneumonia and bacterial otitis media (inflammation of the middle ear) in young children. If untreated or resistant to treatment, pneumococcal disease can result in hearing loss, learning disabilities, speech and hearing problems, and brain damage. Each year, more than one million chil...UI researchers use SIREN driving simulator to study driving risk factors
...ind of questions that have been circulating in the media recently such as when and how do age-related deficits make a person an unsafe driver? "The big issue is whether there is a good way to predict who is likely to be an unsafe driver?" Rizzo said. "It is not feasible for everyone to have their own drivi...American Psychiatric Association issues statement on compulsive shopping
...ere have been a number of erroneous reports in the media indicating that the American Psychiatric Association is planning to add "compulsive shopping disorder" to the list of approved mental disorders. We would like to correct this misinformation. At this time, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) ha...Substantial increase in breast cancer risk from combination hormone replacement therapy
...l present the results of the study at an embargoed media briefing to be hosted by Cancer Research UK at 10.30 am Thursday 7 August UK time. Venue: 44 Lincolns Inn Fields, London WC2. Further information from Richard Hoey at Cancer Research Uks Press Office (details below)....Hygiene is most potent force in tackling deadly diseases
...sources in the future. Following global alerts and media attention about SARS, health authorities worldwide imposed strict control policies and largely prevented new outbreaks. The two notable exceptions, in Taiwan and Toronto, were both linked to lapses in hospital infection control procedures, even thou...Endografts help prevent deaths from abdominal aortic aneurysms
... at a Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) media briefing on image-guided therapies. In traditional surgical aneurysm repair, a surgeon makes an incision in the abdomen, cuts out the damaged part of the aorta and sews a graft in its place, eliminating the aneurysm. In the image-guided, endovascula...Secret documents reveal how tobacco industry targeted gay men
...m reports that Philip Morris advertised in the gay media in an attempt to "own the market," but then quickly distanced itself. According to Elizabeth A. Smith, PhD, research associate in the UCSF School of Nursing department of social and behavioral sciences and lead author of the paper, "Philip Morris wa...Public duped by media over vaccine, says report
...autism, 53% of those surveyed at the height of the media coverage assumed that because both sides of the debate received equal media coverage, there must be equal evidence for each. Only 23% of the population were aware that the bul...UNC physician says patient, doctor education improves health outcomes
...dnesday (May 7) at an American Medical Association media briefing on health literacy in Washington, D.C.. Dr. Darren A. DeWalt, a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar and instructor in medicine and pediatrics at the UNC School of Medicine, based his conclusions on findings from new UNC research and an ...Surgeon General, columnist George F. Will, and McLaughlin Group Take on nations health care issues
... event in the nation ( www.nmhcc.com ). Interested media can pre-register online at: https://www.nmhcc.com/page.cfm/Action=Form/ID=4/t=m "No other forum brings together in one place opinion leaders and the top practitioners and providers of managed care," said Melanie Flavin, NMHCC Group Event Director. ...NIH to host symposium: Medicine in the media
...n is April 1, 2003. As a supplement to the 2003 media symposium, the Fogarty International Center at NIH... A limited number of spaces are available to other media symposium participants who cover international health. Please contact us for more information. TOPI...Anti-bacterial spice that kills food germs on agenda for ACS meeting in New Orleans
...s registration is now open for members of the news media interested in attending the meeting. To sign up go...ke golf balls and tennis shoes and the role of the media in science communication and a public program: Celebrating Chemistry: Kids & Chemistry Live! This ev...First-ever conference on depression in college students to be held March 6-7 in Michigan
...mental health advocates and professionals, and the media are welcome to attend. Space is limited and registration is required; a registration fee will be charged for all participants except students and journalists. For more information, visit www.rackham.umich.edu/DepressionConf and www.depressioncente...American Chemical Society plans national meeting in New Orleans March 23-27
...ountermeasures for oil spills Members of the news media interested in attending the meeting can contact newsroom@acs.org and visit the ACS Web site at chemistry.org/meetings for further information....New book highlights ergonomics research on sound
...s such as telephone directory assistance. The news media describe the hazards of increasingly noisy surroundings and the need to protect people living or working in these environments. Not only human factors/ergonomics professionals but also those in telecommunications, computer systems, law, consumer prod...World's largest scientific society announces subjects, dates for 2003 ACS ProSpectives Conferences
... Pro Spectives conferences. ( EDITOR's NOTE News media wishing to attend the conferences should contact Michael Bernstein at 202-872-6042 or at m_bernstein@acs.org )....Depletion of body chemical can cause memory, mood changes
... its presence in turkey and commonly blamed in the media for creating the sluggish after-meal sensations experienced by many Thanksgiving diners, is a metabolic precursor to the chemical messenger known as serotonin. In addition to turkey, the chemical is found in foods like milk, bread, cheese and bananas......ndrome." To discuss the findings with Dr. Premen, media may call the NIA Information Office at the number above. ...